Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-03-29

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Sourm PsRr.-SosE ornER Coon
HoRsEs.
The editor Of the Horse Dspartnest
Of the Lewiston Journal reeenily gave
some good advice TO the horse breeder.
in regard 10 their raising colts of good
size and general usefulness instead Of
breeding solely for speed. lie claims
iha, such course will resul, in their
getting better prices. on the average. for
their colt, than they would II speed was
made the leading feature This view Of
the case seem, 10 have been already
adopted by many Of the leading horse
men Of our Acquaintance. aud The cry
on all sides !, for more size aud more
bone. Now this is As Il should be. IL
will undoubtedly have a tendency 10 in'
crease the value OF our rold and roiling
horse. by Increasing their 'izs provided
We DO no, make the sror, a. is too often
the case, Of going 10 the extreme. and in
our craze for animals Of large siE' to
breed from, overlook the more important
quality OF pedigree and speed. No mat
ter how large and strong our horses may
be. II they can, show some speed they
will not command very large price. for
senilemen's drivers. A horse sixteen
hand, high. And weighing eleven hun
drsd pounds. with no speed or 'roiiins
action, will sell for Aboa, one huadred
and ,eyeniy.fve or two hundred dollars,
while II he could ro, 10 $50. With .
good way Of going. he would sell for
Aboa, double that sum.
II /, true, |. the Journal says, that
those Who breed solely for speed. With
size A Of secondary importance. ge,
only nov and then fas, iro,ier. and
We know OF mAny who, taking this view
Of the case. breed their mares TO some
large. .kovy stallion, without regard to
bis speed inheritance. aud 20 ge, neither
one thing nor the other. II when We
ain 10 produce 2:20 horses We get but
few ,ha, can beat $50. what would be
the result le, me ask you. II We aimed
only TO produce god sized sen,lsmen'
drivers. and a. regarded speed OF secondary
importance Why. We should gei TO rii,-
ins ela,. Of hor.es. the majority Of which
would no, have speed enough for fu'
neral procession. The FAC, Is. In order to
produce $50 and three minute horses.
with my certainty. we mus, aim TO pro.
daee much faster oae.. and while We
,hiak /, would be unwise fo' farmers, IN
selecting animal. TO breed from. to regard
speed Aloae. We think !, would be equal.
" unw,e for them TO select an animal
fof size alone Speed, quality aud Pedi'
gree are fully as imPorian, /. sire.
No, al Of u, poor farmers can . yet
osn ig., such mares as We ought 10, but
among The numsrou. s,.lliors standing in
Maine. no one need hun, mach to hni
.,.llioa combining ell Of these good quail
i,is, so long as such stations can be
had. there seems no excuse for using any
other.
In ,hi, connection |, Nigh, be we'll TO
add ,ha, the fact Of siAllioa being large
himself i. no, always guarantee that
be will get large colts. That will depend
more on the average sifs OF the family TO
which be belongs, aud q small horse,
whose ancestors were large, will often
re, larger colt. than some large horses
whose ancestors were smaller We have
seen several instance. Of this Kind.
We were recently shown a masnih'
cent pair Of grade Percheron drAf, horses
weighing 5000 pounds. owned by J. l..
& II. l.. Home. OF Norway. They
were Iaie.y purchased in boston, by II:
l.. Horne. where they had jas. arrived
from the West. They are four and five
year. old, ATE rolas in color. aud are very
smoothly turned. with clean and inislli-
gen, heads. They will be an ornament
70 the village.
Thayer Brothers have = remarkably
nice pair Of erey' -Four years old and
weighing $500. They are closely
matched and ATE a very rugged looking
pair OF horses. Of grea, power They
recently sold nice pair Of bays weigh
ing about 1900 lbs.
II. l.. Horne lately 'Old colt, eomins
one year old. got by LamonI, aud illl
brother 10 Redmon,. owned by the
Ms..r.. Horne, for $3.50. The Par.
chaser was Mr.. +. T.. Stanley, Of Lew
iston.
Mr.. James l.. Parker. who keeps the
County restaurant at Paris Hill, hA. a
large. handsome black flly. 10; by son
Of Harry Russell. he by Rober, Bonner.
son Of Rysdyks HAmble,onian. dam by
Wonder, son Of Gen. Knox. Th. u q
stylish and nice gated hlly aud would
make a good brood mare.
We noticed in the journal. iew
weeks since. tie men,ion OF the ,Ale oi
Fslks, mare 20, COTS Won Molike.
dam by Gen. Knox. % a wealthy gentle
man from ou, Of the State. She Is to be
used as = brood mare. Ethel Bampus
and son, Of Paris. have a full sister TO
,hi. mare and she !. now in foAl TO Cyril,
son Of Glenarm, 2:23}. She is six year.
old ,hi. spring. sound and smooth aud
can show q very handy gait.
Lincoln s,urtevant, Of Paris. has =
stylish little mare. said TO be by Watch
maker. 2.5li, son Of Winthrop Merrill.
She raised good col, las, summer which
Sturtevsnt owns.
Andrews & Thsyer have lately brought
from Vermont several nice gen,lemen''
driver,-one = sister to the mare sold =
.hor, time ago to Stanley. OF lewiston
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